Female Superhero Costumes Reimagined

Artist Redesigns Costumes With Focus on Functionality and Realism

Artist Lord Ingvard has created a series of of female superhero character designs that feature more practical and functional redesigns for several characters from the DC and Marvel universe. They include Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Elektra, Black Canary, Ms. Marvel, Vampirella, Red Sonja, Power Girl, and Zatanna.

Click on each image to get a closer look and read the artist’s explanation of each uniform:

Artist Lord Ingvard has created a series of of female superhero character designs that feature more practical and functional redesigns for several characters from the DC and Marvel universe. They include Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Elektra, Black Canary, Ms. Marvel, Vampirella, Red Sonja, Power Girl, and Zatanna.

Here’s what the artist had to say about her at series, and why she did it:

“I love comics and superheroes as much as the next nerd, but the women’s costumes—sweet mother of Moses!—the COSTUMES. At the very least, highly impractical. And at worst, incredibly sexist. I mean, EXTREMELY so. Honestly, I don’t know why women haven’t been a lot more angry and vocal about this kind of thing over the years. Like “Ferguson riot” angry. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that expressing one’s sexuality is a natural, healthy thing, and certainly not something to be censured or shamed, but holy hammer of Thor, there’s a time and a place for everything!

“That being said, I just had to take a shot at addressing the most obvious problems. Now, I am not by any means an experienced or accomplished character designer. I am not suggesting these costume re-designs are ideal, or even very good. My main goal was to at least TRY to approach the subject of female superheroes with the degree of logic, equality, and respect they—and their readers—deserve.”